home grown hops

[crow]

So do any of you brewers grow your own hops

[MacStill]

You gunna distill them in ya wooden boiler ? :))

[crow]

Hardy fucking ha , prolly not :laughing-rolling:

[JayD]

They grow hops about 40 ks from my place, they seem to be suspended on a trelis of a sort,there out of season atm.

[kiwikeg]

I have been growing hops vines last 2 summers but they never produce anything, i know i have female hop vines as i grew them from cuttings.
the hop vines grow really fast and look good i just must be doing something wrong....

[Sam.]

Yeah I mate gave me a couple of cascade rhizomes (is that how you spell it?), chucked them in the ground and kept the water up, the vine grew a little but no hops here either.

My mate did it for a couple of years on the same vine and he got a small haul, I reckon it might be a generation thing, once they are established over a few years they might be ok.

Not really sure either way :laughing-rolling:

[Cane Toad]

I used to grow my own,and used to do quite well too I may add :handgestures-thumbupleft: Buds the size of corn cobs......bloody dyslexia......I was thinking of something else :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :mrgreen:

[tipsy]

I've got a couple, Saaz and Tettnang.
They grow like weeds.

[BobbeeD]

G'Day All.
I have started growing my own hops and these are the lessons I have learnt:

Don't expect any fruit for the first 2 years.
The higher you can build your trellis the better (hops can grow 6m tall)
Protect your hops from millipedes when they are small
In the winter, cut your hops back to ground level and cover with manure

I hop this helps :teasing-neener: